Mumbai recorded 500 plus new COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day on Friday. The figure is the highest in the past 30 days. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), too, crossed 1,000 cases. While there is a surge in cases in Amravati and Nagpur districts, too, the death toll is still low, with the city recording four and the state recording 36 deaths.

Health workers conduct antigen tests at Dadar on Friday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi